Halle
Singles - Final: (WC) T Haas def. (2) R Federer 7-6(7-5)
6-4
There really must be something odd about the grass here.
It was Germans everywhere. Tommy Haas had been surprised
by his result the day before. He must have been really
surprised this time (afterward, he called it "an amazing
feeling"). But he really did play well.
It is his first title since -- Halle 2009. The one
before that was all the way back at Memphis 2007. Guess
we know what his new favorite tournament is! Or, maybe,
what every German's favorite tournament is, since
Germans have won it in three of the last four years
(Haas in 2009 and 2012, Kohlschreiber in 2011). Haas
increases his point total by more than a third, and
should rise from #87 to right around #50. Pretty good
for a guy who was #112 going into Roland Garros.
Roger Federer now has seven Halle finals, and he had the
chance here to set the record for titles. But he hasn't
actually won the event since 2008. Maybe he's getting
frustrated.... He remains #3, of course, but this may
make it a little harder to move up later this year. And
he still has "only" four titles this year.

Doubles - Final: (1) Qureshi/Rojer def. Huey/Lipsky 6-3
6-4
Qureshi/Rojer were one of those teams that took a long
time to get all the bugs out. Despite being together all
year, and being seeded fairly high at most of their
events, they came here ranked a mere #9 in the Race, and
with no finals in the first four months of the year. But
now, suddenly, they seem to have gotten on track. They
have two titles, on two different surfaces, in less than
two months: Estoril on clay plus now Halle on grass.
They're still only #8 in the Race, but suddenly it looks
as if they have a fairly decent future ahead of them.

Queen's
Singles - Final: (6) M Cilic def. (10) D Nalbandian
6-7(3-7) 4-3, defaulted
This takes the cake. David Nalbandian was leading. He
had a chance to earn a Wimbledon seed if he won this.
And he managed to get himself defaulted? (After being
broken, he kicked one of the advertisements, and it hit
a linesman. Give Nalbandian this much credit: He called
it the "worst moment of [his] career.")
It appears Nalbandian will stay stuck at #37, so the
last Wimbledon seeds will go to Mikhail Youzhny and
Julien Benneteau. Andy Roddick is the #1 alternate, with
Viktor Troicki #2. Marin Cilic we show at #21 -- plus he
picks up his first title since St. Petersburg 2011,
before his physical problems began.
And he gets a nice seeding boost. The strange effects of
calendar shift may affect the way the seeding formula is
implemented, but our rough cut puts Cilic at #17. Of
course, the difference between #17 and #21 is nothing --
but it means he needs only one withdrawal to earn a
significant boost. Our best guess as to the seeds is as
follows:

Doubles - Final: (1) Mirnyi/Nestor def. (2) Bryan/Bryan
6-3 6-4
Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor seem to be sending the
Bryans a bit of a message. That's two weeks in a row
Mirnyi/Nestor have beaten the Bryans in a final. It's
true that the Bryans won the meeting before that, in
Monte Carlo, but Mirnyi/Nestor are cementing their lead
in the Race. Of course, the Bryans get to play as a team
in the Olympics and Mirnyi and Nestor will be stuck with
much weaker partners....

's-Hertogenbosch
Singles - First Round: G Muller def. (5) S Giraldo
7-6(7-5) 6-7(4-7) 6-3
Gilles Muller is close to the top fifty, and of course
he has That Serve, so this isn't really a big surprise.
Muller never so much as faced a break point.

Singles - First Round: (WC) I Sijsling def. (6) J
Nieminen 6-2 6-4
After clawing his way back into the Top Fifty earlier
this year, Jarkko Nieminen really seems to have run out
of gas or something.